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  • c_hegge
    Badcaps Legend
    • Sep 2009
    • 5219
    • Australia
    #1

    Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

    The new TX units

    I much prefer the look of the older one. More input filtering, better design for the 12v rail and you can see the heatsinks.
    I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

    No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

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    • ratdude747
      Black Sheep
      • Nov 2008
      • 17136
      • USA
      #2
      Re: Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

      looks like they are pulling an antec... rev 1= good unit, wows the reviewers. soon after rev 2 comes out, complete garbage... the old golden sample technique.

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        • weirdlookinguy
          Badcaps Legend
          • Sep 2007
          • 1638
          #3
          Re: Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

          I think I'll stick to Deltas and Hipros from eBay and discount retailers for life.

          100% good power supply, 33% of the price, 0% of the marketing bullshit that comes with retail PSUs.

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            • ratdude747
              Black Sheep
              • Nov 2008
              • 17136
              • USA
              #4
              Re: Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

              Originally posted by weirdlookinguy
              I think I'll stick to Deltas and Hipros from eBay and discount retailers for life.

              100% good power supply, 33% of the price, 0% of the marketing bullshit that comes with retail PSUs.
              agreed. although freebie ultra made units that need a recap work too.
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                • redwire
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 3910
                  • Canada
                  #5
                  Re: Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

                  I have no complaints on my older Corsair VX450 and VX550's (made by CWT).
                  They've outlasted many Antec PSU's and have a 5 year warranty with Japanese capacitors.

                  The CX series is crazy cheap (Boxing Day $4.99 ea.) and I didn't buy. The low price is thanks to CapXon and we all know what that means...

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                    • goodpsusearch
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • Oct 2009
                      • 2850
                      • Greece
                      #6
                      Re: Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

                      CX series = CapXon series

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                        • c_hegge
                          Badcaps Legend
                          • Sep 2009
                          • 5219
                          • Australia
                          #7
                          Re: Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

                          Corsair VX series were never made by CWT. They are Seasonic builds
                          I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                          No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

                          Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

                          Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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                            • redwire
                              Badcaps Legend
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 3910
                              • Canada
                              #8
                              Re: Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

                              My VX550 has "CWT Co. Ltd. Rev. 04" on the PCB silkscreen. It has green (taped) transformers with no lettering and a green PCB, looking like the CWT/Viking parts here: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/print...nufacturer/370

                              I looked at the UL# E307858 file and it's for all Corsair PSU's.

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                                • c_hegge
                                  Badcaps Legend
                                  • Sep 2009
                                  • 5219
                                  • Australia
                                  #9
                                  Re: Uh Oh, I think Corsair are going downhill...

                                  OK then, ignore my last post. I was thinking of the VX450, which is a seasonic.
                                  I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                                  No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

                                  Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

                                  Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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